Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Timema chumash Hebard, 1920
Explanation of Names
The epithet
chumash refers to the
Chumash people, a Native American tribe that inhabited an area including where this species is found.
Range
San Gabriel Mnts, San Bernardino Mnts, San Jacinto, and northern Santa Rosa Mnts. [Vickery(1993)]
Season
April to June (rarely as late as August). [Vickery(1993)]
Food
Recorded host plants include: ceanothus (Ceanothus spp.), chamise (Adenostoma spp.), manzanita (Arctostaphylos), mountain mahogony (Cercocarpus spp.), oak (Quercus spp.).
Print References
Burrows, Malcolm (2008). Jumping in a wingless stick insect,
Timema chumash (Phasmatodea, Timematodea, Timematidae). Jour. Experimental Biol. 211: 1021-1028 (
Full Text)
Hebard, M. (1920) The genus
Timema Scudder, with the description of a new species, (Orthoptera, Phasmidae, Timeminae). Entomological News, 31:126-132 (
Read at BHL)
Vickery, V. R. (1993). Revision of Timema Scudder (Phasmatoptera: Timematodea) including three new species. Can. Entomol. 125:657–692.
Internet References
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